Google and Microsoft have decided to take strong measures against online child pornography considering the alarming rate at which photos and videos containing child pornography are proliferating on the Internet with plans…
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RARBG, Torlock, LimeTorrents still unblocked in the UK, but for how long?
BPI and MPA, in cooperation with law enforcement agencies, are having a field day in the UK on one hand gaining ISP level blockades of domains allegedly involved in piracy and copyright…
UK ISPs fund multi-million pound online safety campaign
Major UK ISPs including BT, Sky, TalkTalk and Virgin Media are supporting a £25 million online safety campaign geared towards raising awareness among parents on how to tackle issues such as cyber-bullying…
London gets its own gTLD ‘.london’
London is the first city in the world to have been granted its own gTLD ‘.London’ and will be made available to thousands of businesses in the city starting spring 2014. The…
Sky Broadband Shield network-level porn filter released
Following the increasing government pressure on ISPs to look out for better online child protection, Sky has come up with its new network-level porn internet filtering system that will allow its broadband…
UK court orders ISPs to block SolarMovie, TubePlus
UK high court has ordered all six major ISPs in the country to impose a blockade on two streaming portals SolarMovie and TubePlus on copyright infringement grounds. SolarMovie and TubePlus are ranked…
HTTP/2.0 to enforce HTTPS encryption
Chair of the working group developing the HTTP/2 protocol has revealed that the new protocol will only work with HTTPS URIs as a response to pervasive monitoring by law enforcement and government…
Bitcash.cz hacked; Bitcoin wallets of 4000 users emptied
What seems to be a trend now, another online repository and Bitcoin exchange, Bitcash.cz, based out of Czech Republic has been hacked and wallets of as many as 4000 users have been…
GoDaddy waves green at gTLD land rush; initiates sale of first batch of domain names
GoDaddy has opened doors to prospects for the first registration of new domains as a part of ICANN’s generic top-level domain (gTLD) plan. The domain dealer has announced that it will be…
Bitcoin trading platform GBL shuts down; $5 million in Bitcoin disappears
Global Bond Limited (GBL), a self-proclaimed government registered Bitcoin trading platform, has shut down unexpectedly on October 26 leading to speculations that the trading platform was a scam and scammers have vanished…
McAfee brands The Pirate Bay, Kickass Torrents, BTGuard as potential illegal software
McAfee is warning users of its free diagnostic tool Security Scan Plus that sites including The Pirate Bay, Kickass Torrents, and BTGuard are a security threat and has categorized them as Potential…
Internet Archive scanning centre damaged by fire; seeks donations, scanning projects
Internet Archive has appealed for donations and scanning projects after one of its scanning centres in San Francisco was damaged in fire yesterday. The fire caused damage in tune of $600,000 and…
Demonoid coming back soon, resurrection in progress
Demonoid, which went offline over a year ago, is showing signs of life and it will soon be resurrected claim people behind the world’s largest semi-private torrent tracker. Demonoid went down in…
Google Apps won’t support Internet Explorer 9 says Google
Google has pulled the plug on Internet Explorer 9 from Google Apps including Business, Education, and Government editions just weeks after Microsoft released Internet Explorer 11. Announcing its decision through Google Apps…
Helpouts: Google’s initiative to bring together experts, advice seekers
Google has officially announced its new service “Helpouts” yesterday for those who don’t mind paying for expert advice through video chat. Users can get help from the experts on different topics including…